Gerardo Xavier Hernández Tapia (born 29 October 1968) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the

Institutional Revolutionary Party The Institutional Revolutionary Party (, , PRI) is a List of political parties in Mexico, political party in Mexico that was founded in 1929 as the National Revolutionary Party (, PNR), then as the Party of the Mexican Revolution (, PRM) and fin ...

(PRI). In the 2012 general election he was elected to the

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to represent the

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's 40th district during the 62nd session of

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. While serving as city mayor and congressman, Hernández Tapia faced allegations of corruption.

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1968 births Living people Politicians from the State of Mexico Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians Deputies of the LXII Legislature of Mexico Autonomous University of Mexico State alumni Members of the Congress of the State of Mexico Municipal presidents in the State of Mexico {{Mexico-deputy-InstitutionalRevolutionary-1960s-stub